Maria Rapela – Visual Artist and Photographer
Berlin-based artist. Her work deals with the tensions of identity, the mystery of being, with and together with others in this world. Her most commonly used techniques: painting, drawing, printmaking, animation or photography.
Dayanita Singh in the Gropius Bau, Berlin. Copyright ©Maria Rapela, 2022 Title of the exhibition: Dancing with my cameraFrom March 18 to July 7, 2022Gropius BauNiederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin Last Friday, the exhibition of the Indian photographer Dayanita Singh opened at the Gropius Bau in Berlin and I was there. The intersection between photography, […]
Body Continent I (2018) Maria Rapela ©VG Bild In 2018 I was exploring materials and colors, and a painting emerged that I later called body-continent. I did not develop the serie, but since then that painting raises questions and asks me to develop something in that direction. When first the image emerges and then the […]
Frequently, an art exhibition brings together the works of artists, but the reasons and the artistic proposal of those who present their work are not always well understood. Delving into these reasons and why can help to better understand the background of the work. In this well-made 20-minute video documentary, filmmaker Chrysanthi Goula visited the […]
“The Ballery invites you to an artist reception and the preview of our second pop-up art exhibition of the summer. This exhibition will feature the works of Berlin based artists. There is no theme to the exhibition. Artist have been asked to present works that best introduce their artistic vision and practice. Every summer in […]
Die Qual der Wahl, 1:21″, 2021
Produktion, Idee, Darstellung und
Kamera: Maria Rapela
Every choice involves making a decision.
Why do we make the choices we make?
I had the opportunity to attend Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at the Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin.I knew very little about her and her career, and it was very interesting to learn about her most important facets as an artist. She was born in 1929 in Japan, and studied art in the city of Kyoto. In […]
PRESSEMITTEILUNG, 14.06.2021
Art up-Ausstellung Taumel der Tatsachen
20.–31. Juli 2021, 16–20 Uhr, K-Salon, Bergmannstr. 54, 10961 Berlin
The other day I had the opportunity to participate in some introductory workshops on virtual reality and extended reality given by the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin).In addition to formal computer studies, they research and bring technology closer to artists who need or want to experiment with new technologies. […]
Since last year I’ve been posting photos on Instagram about exhibitions or museums I visit, friends exhibitions and artworks from customers I take pictures of. I have been taking photos for years when I go to exhibitions or museums, and the time had come to bring them to light. Artwork photography in Berlin On the […]
I have been working on the work that I will present in the exhibition in July. Doing some tests and projections for the exhibition. One thing is to make a video, another thing to test how it looks. What happens when that video is projected in human dimensions? Mixing video, animation, painting, reality, performance? What […]